With all due respect to AEW, TNA and others, the biggest competition WWE has had since it went national in the '80s was from WCW. The Ted Turner backed promotion sprung out of the old NWA in 1988 and within a decade, it was attracting some of Vince McMahon’s biggest stars and beating his flagship show, Monday Night Raw, in the ratings.
Thanks to Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock and some terrible booking decisions from WCW, WWE eventually won the war. The half decade or so before McMahon finally bought out the competition, however, is still looked on by many wrestling fans as the greatest the sport has ever been.
